Lissanne Lake
P.O. BOX 3037
Weehawken, N.J. 07087
201-868-2038
lissanne@tasteslikephoenix.com
Hello! My name is Lissanne Lake. I have been a full time freelance illustrator for well over thirteen years now. I earned my bachelor of arts in illustration, then went to work in advertising in New York for several years.
Since turning to freelance illustration, I have done over eighty book covers, including covers for best-selling authors such as Terry Pratchett, Thomas Disch, Raymond Buckland & Scott Cunningham. In addition to color paintings for companies such as TSR, Doubleday, Wizards of the Coast and Harper Prism, I have done numerous paintings for such things as magazines, product boxes, posters, etc.
I have had my works displayed in the usual gallery shows, including the big Olympia & York show in New York, and have won the usual amounts of awards & best-of-shows, including at Worldcon.
As a collectable card artist, I have done well over three hundred cards for various games, including Doomtown, Legend of the 5 Rings, Legend of the Burning Sands, Rage, Mythos, Middle Earth, and Galactic Empires.
To relax, I have been studying Italian rapier fencing for the last ten years, using full weight weapons. I am also a lifetime gamer, and play a variety of card games. I have even been known to win a few tournaments.
I have recently completed the paintings for a tarot deck designed jointly with Raymond Buckland, to be published by Llewellyn books in November 2000.
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